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Criminal Profiling for PR in China

        to the killer’s real life,

        habits and identity al-
        though they did not ac-
        tually help to catch the

        criminal at the time.                                                                                           F

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        Profiling in China:                                                                                             R
                                                                                                                        E
        As far as the writer is                                                                                         N

        aware of there are no                                                                                           S
        profilers in China and                                                                                          I

        probably very unlikely                                                                                          C
        to happen due to one
        simple reason, there are                                                                                        M

        no qualified criminal/                                                            Photo Courtesy of google.com  E
        forensic psychologists               external examinations                male.                                 T

        in China. Also the police            systems such as those in             Age: 20 - 35                          H
        here are in the main street          the UK and USA this will  Education: Failed high                           O
        crime orientated which               continue to be the case.             school cannot read and                D

        is why they find it so dif-                                               write very well.                      O
        ficult to investigate any            An Attempt at Profiling              Background: Rural up-                 L

        crime that is not immedi-            in China.                            bringing, countryside.                O
        ately obvious. The level of                                               Ex-army                               G
        education in the police is           Taking the case studies              Developmental: Mother                 Y

        no more than glorified se-           above can we identify                only after divorce or aban-
        curity guards in most cas-           in China the most likely             donment.

        es. Having said that - one           suspect in a serial kill-            Mental Health: delusional,
        always hopes for change.             ing case? Here is a pre-             grandeur, no empathy
        The education system                 liminary outline, but by no  shown to victims.

        at all levels in China is            means scientific or prov-            Method: Suffocation,
        dogged by corruption and             en. This is just an over-            Knifing, Strangulation

        payments for results - and           view of the current situa-           Other motives: robbery
        so Chinese qualifications            tion from reports surfacing  Lure/Victimology: money,
        are not trusted around the           after convictions.                   offer of work

        World at this time. Until                                                 Trophies: Taken in most
        they organize foolproof              Gender: Almost always                cases, belts, clothing,


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